taking stock of our native flora and newcomers, with nybg’s robert naczi
WHEN YOU’RE TALKING plants and not people, how do you figure out who lives where? You can’t send census takers [read more…]
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defining ‘native’ and choosing the right native plants, with dan jaffe
WHAT MAKES a particular native plant a good choice for the home garden? And where can we look for clues [read more…]
underplanting: making ‘a tapestry garden,’ with marietta o’byrne
WHEN I TALK ABOUT intermingling several plants to serve as a mixed groundcover, perhaps under trees and shrubs, I often [read more…]
week 13: a season of container-gardening improvs
SOMETIMES this gardening stuff all goes just slightly off, and you’re dancing, but you can’t catch the beat. I’ve felt [read more…]
native plant gardening on a grand scale: ‘saving tarboo creek,’ with scott freeman
SINCE I HAVE LIVED full-time in a rural place the last decade, my reading list tends increasingly toward tales of [read more…]
how effective are nativars? with doug tallamy
I’M A GARDENER, someone who loves showy plants in artful arrangements. But in recent years, I’ve been looking less with [read more…]
developing a signature garden style, even in a small space, with designer susan morrison
I DON’T HAVE a small yard, but I nevertheless sat down with a new book called “The Less Is More [read more…]
remembering 2 great plantswomen: ruth bancroft and elizabeth farnsworth
LAST FALL, a month apart, the earth lost two of it great plantswomen. They were from opposite coasts, and one—Californian [read more…]
dreaded norway maples, good groundcovers (including sedges): shade-garden q&a with ken druse
TO MARK A YEAR of monthly Q&A podcasts together, Ken Druse and I themed our latest conversation to a topic [read more…]
what’s really native where you garden? with elizabeth farnsworth
AT A WILDFLOWER TALK I attended last spring, a lot of the audience questions after the expert finished her slides [read more…]
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